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Not just a genealogist but also something of a fisherman, David Dobson has been trawling for the names of Scottish immigrants to North America for over twenty years. From original records and printed sources in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States--in numerous full-length books and articles--he has amassed information on all known Scottish immigrants to North America, the majority of whom arrived in America from the earliest colonial times up to the Revolutionary War. Now, in this new Family Archive CD, which captures the page images of many of his publications, the fruit of Mr. Dobson's research is available in a nano-second, and at a fraction of the cost of the original publications.

In this one single CD-ROM, with its lightning-quick electronic index, the researcher has access to materials that otherwise would have been difficult, time-consuming, and expensive to find and use. From his early work identifying Scots soldiers and civilians taken prisoner during the 1715 and 1745 uprisings and subsequently transported to the colonies, which appeared in the Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775, to the fascinating seven-volume series entitled Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825, to the definitive Original Scots Colonists of Early America, 1612-1783, Dobson's prodigious output is now available to anyone who has access to a computer with a CD-ROM drive!

Several hundred thousand Scots immigrated to North America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries--but who were these people? Records identifying them--even a fraction of them--documenting their immigration to the New World, are notoriously hard to find. But thanks to David Dobson's arduous labors in record offices and archives throughout Great Britain and America, we have information pertaining to the identity of approximately 75,000 of these early Scots immigrants. Indeed, in his researches Mr. Dobson examined every known or potential source of information, including parish records, passenger lists, prison records, church records, court records, deeds, wills, marriage contracts, Treasury papers, State papers, newspapers, and journals--and as far as these sources would allow, he amassed a body of information that is absolutely definitive.

Variously providing such items as the immigrant's name, date and place of birth, occupation, cause of banishment, residence, names of parents and other family members, port of embarkation, destination, name of ship, place and date of arrival, place of settlement, names of spouse and children, and date and place of death, this CD incorporates ten of Mr. Dobson's publications, which are listed below:
*The Original Scots Colonists of Early America, 1612-1783
*The Original Scots Colonists . . . Supplement, 1607-1707
*The Original Scots Colonists . . . Caribbean Supplement, 1611-1707
*Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825. 7 vols.
*Scots on the Chesapeake, 1607-1830
*Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830
*Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775
*Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America
*Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857
*Scots in the USA and Canada, 1825-1875

System Requirements: You must have a CD-ROM drive, and in order to read the CD you must use either the Family Archive Viewer (version 4.0 or higher), which is available as a free download at http://www.genealogical.com/content/dlfav6.html, or Family Tree Maker for Windows, version 4.0 or higher (Family Tree Maker software can be ordered from www.FamilyTreeMaker.com).

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using the Family Archive Viewer:

1. Install the Family Archive Viewer CD or download it from http://www.genealogy.com/dlfav6.html.
2. Start the Viewer if it is not already running
3. Insert the CD you wish to view into the CD-ROM drive. If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.
4. The CD should open automatically, but users of later versions of the Family Archive Viewer must click the CD/magnifying glass icon in the top toolbar (above the template in some versions) to read the CD.
5. When the screen entitled "About this Family Archive" appears, click OK where prompted.

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using Family Tree Maker:

1. Start your Family Tree Maker and open a Family File. (If the program is already running, skip to Step 2.)
2. Insert the CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive. (If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.)
3. From the View menu, select Family Finder, or select the Family Finder icon from the toolbar.
4. For FTM 2005, FTM 2006, or Version 16, you must go to the View menu, select Data CD, then View CD. For FTM 2008 or higher, you must download the Family Archive Viewer.

To search the CD for names, select the Search Expert button in the top right of your screen, then select "Search this archive for someone NOT from your Family File." You can also search for names by using the Index.

Note: If a window opens that contains a list of files on the CD, simply close it.